IP: RE: Senate votes to permit warrantless Net-wiretaps, Carn ivoreus e (fwd)

[Eugene Leitl]

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Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 20:50:31 -0400
From: David Farber <dave at farber.net>
Reply-To: farber at cis.upenn.edu
To: ip-sub-1 at majordomo.pobox.com
Subject: IP: RE: Senate votes to permit warrantless Net-wiretaps,
     Carn ivore us e


>From: "Baker, Stewart" <SBaker at steptoe.com>
>To: "'Declan McCullagh'" <declan at well.com>, farber at cis.upenn.edu,
>    ip-sub-1 at majordomo.pobox.com
>cc: "Albertazzie, Sally" <SAlbertazzie at steptoe.com>,
>    "Baker, Stewart" <SBaker at steptoe.com>
>
>
>Declan,
>
>I ignored the first two points because I don't think they're that important.
>These "warrantless searches" are emergency orders that have to be followed
>by a court order in 48 hours.  Sometimes courts are closed and the cops need
>data right away.  Tuesday evening would be a good example.  This is not some
>out-of-control police authority.
>
>The people who can ask for emergency orders have to be designated by one of
>several officials at Main Justice.  That's to make sure someone responsible
>ends up with the authority to declare an emergency.  So an assistant US
>attorney could be designated by Main Justice in each district right now.
>What's the big deal with letting the US Attorney for the district do the
>designating instead of Main Justice? Seems to me that the US Attorney
>probably knows more about staff changeovers than Main Justice, so it makes
>sense for the US Attorney to do the designating locally.
>
>Stewart



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